Middle Ages Test Review

Select the definition of FEUDALISM.

• A political and social system in which a vassal receives protection from a lord in exchange for obedience and service

• A code of conduct for knights

• A self-contained world located on land belonging to a lord

• A disease that killed more than a third of Europe’s population during the Middle Ages

Select the definition of LORDS.

• A nobleman who received land from a king in medieval feudal society

• A warrior in medieval Europe

• A Christian religious community

• A political and social system in which a vassal receives protection from a lord in exchange for obedience and service

Select the definition of KNIGHTS.

• A warrior in medieval Europe

• A self-contained world located on land belonging to a lord

• A weapon that allowed archers to fire arrows

• A group of crafts people

Select the definition of SERF.

• A person who worked the land of a medieval lord

• A self-contained world located on land belonging to a lord

• A Christian religious community

• A code of conduct for knights

Most people in medieval Europe lived in...

• urban areas, or large cities

• rural areas, or villages in the countryside

• remote areas, or areas far away from everyone in the mountains

• water areas, or areas close to the water

What were "sumptuary laws"?

• Laws that determined what house people could have

• Laws that determined who could wear what types of clothes

• Laws that determined what food people ate

• Laws that determined where people could live

During the Middle Ages, peasants MOSTLY ate what foods?

• Bread and stew

• Sugary sweets

• Meat and cheese

• Haggis

What is true about marriage during the Middle Ages?

• Men and women were treated equally

• Marriages were often arranged by the woman's father

• Noble girls married around the age of 18

• Women were able to choose their own husbands

Charlemagne was King of the Franks. What is the modern day area the Franks lived in?

• Italy

• France

• England

• Spain

What word best describes the kind of queen Eleanor of Aquitaine was?

• Devious

• Courageous

• Generous

• Loving